Hook and eye.



s. A. GINNAMON.

HOOK AND EYE.

APPLICATION FILED 1A3. 10,

Patented July 20, 1909.

M @WM with zona- SARAH A. OINNAMON, OF MARSHALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

HOOK AND EYE.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, SARAH A. CINNAMON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marshall county, near Rutland, in the county of Lasalle andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHooks and Eyes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of separable fasteners known ashooks and eyes, and has for its object to provide improved means forattaching the same to the garment and also an improved eye-member; andto this end the invention consists in a novel construction andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of the eye-member.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the hook-member. Fig. 3 is a plan view of thetwo members connected. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the eye-member comprises twoparallel bars 10 which are connected at one end by a bight to which isattached a guard 11 for the points of the pins hereinafter referred to.'At the opposite end a downward return bend 12 is made, and the bars areextended rearwardly to form pins 13 for attaching the member to thegarment. The points of the pins are adapted to be placed within theguardll. Adjacent the return bend 12 the bars are connected by across-bar 14 Which is rigidly secured to said bars and is adapted to beengaged by the hook-member to be presently described.

The hook-member comprises two parallel bars 15 Which are connected atone end and bent to form a hook l6. At'the opposite Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed March 16, 1908.

Patented July 20, 1909.

Serial No. 421,498.

end the bars are bent in the opposite directions and then extendedforwardly to form pins 17 for attaching the member to the garment. Thepins extend close to the bars 15 and for their points a guard isprovided. The guard is a cross-bar 18 which is secured to the bars 15and has hook-shaped ends engageable by the points of the pins.

By the construction herein described the two members are attached to thegarment in the same manner as a safety pin, and it is not necessary tosew them on. The crossbar 18 serves as a hump to prevent accidentaldisengagement of the members. As will be seen in Fig. 3, the bars 10 ofthe eyemember are spaced sufficiently to receive the hook-membertherebetween which enables the two ends of the garment to come closetogether, and as the hook-member is directly over the eye-member butlittle lap in the garment is required. This arrangement also aids inholding the eye in place instead of having a tendency to pull out bydrawing in the o posite direction.

I c aim:

An eye member for a separable fastener, comprising a air of barsconnected at their front ends an having return bends at their rear endsextended forwardly to form pins with points presented forwardly, a crossbar rigidly fastened upon one side of the bars at their rear ends, andmeans for securing the points of the pins.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature, in presence of two wltnesses.

. SARAH A. CINNAMON. Witnesses W. W. INGRAM, ERNEST 0. Ron.

